This is the dumbest thing on Twitter today. Several progressives and the Lincoln Project are taking a quote from a Trump rally and claiming President Trump is calling for Joe Biden’s assassination. Here’s what Trump actually said: “That’s why they talk about the 25th Amendment, right. Three weeks. Three weeks in Joe’s shot, let’s go Kamala, are you ready?” Here’s the clip that is being quote tweeted by a lot of people this afternoon:
"Three weeks in, Joe is shot, let's go Kamala, are you ready?" pic.twitter.com/qgMVQ3ekI1
— Andrew Feinberg (@AndrewFeinberg) October 27, 2020
David Corn from Mother Jones says Trump is talking about an assassination:
Damn. Trump is talking about Biden being assassinated weeks into his presidency. What nut is going to interpret this as an encouragement?
pic.twitter.com/TVBKSkfcpB— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 27, 2020
Gun control activist Shannon Watts said Trump was “waxing poetic” about a murder:
Donald Trump waxing poetic about Joe Biden’s murder if he’s elected: “Three weeks and Joe's shot. Let’s go Kamala.”
Police wouldn’t tolerate this kind of threat from a citizen. They shouldn’t tolerate it from the President.
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 27, 2020
Keith Olbermann wants Trump arrested:
Arrest this man for threatening Biden. https://t.co/UXQFKQkfBE
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) October 27, 2020
And the Lincoln Project says it’s a call for assassination:
Trump is calling for the assassination of his political opponent. pic.twitter.com/Hc85JHqHIL
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 27, 2020
There are literally thousands of people quote tweeting this and many of them are suggesting it’s a call to violence:
https://twitter.com/OliviaTroye/status/1321237582278205447
Hey, Americans, when demagogues “joke” about their opponents getting killed, nobody’s actually kidding. This is how they signal their affiliated “militias” aka terrorist groups https://t.co/R1nzcDdCYO
— ❤️ (@umairh) October 27, 2020
As mentioned above these folks are quote tweeting Andrew Feinberg. Who is he?
.@AndrewFeinberg is knowingly misleading people into thinking Trump is suggesting that Biden will be assassinated, if you watch full clip Trump is talking about Biden’s mental capacity.
PS. @AndrewFeinberg is a former Sputnik propagandist. Sputnik is a Russian propaganda outlet https://t.co/EQBM0Ujsvs
— Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) October 28, 2020
Even though thousands of people are liking and retweeting these variations of the same clip, to their credit some on the left are being honest and pushing back.
I hate the guy. But he doesn’t mean literally shot. He means “he can’t handle being president” shot = worn out.
— BK (@blakekimball) October 27, 2020
Again, I hate him too, but that's not what he said.
He said "25th Amendment… Joe's shot… Kamala…"
He meant… Joe's mental capacity is shot, he's 25th'd out in 3 weeks and "that monster" is in as POTUS.— TraceEvidence (@ross_lytle) October 27, 2020
come on guys. i love you. but that is not what he means. should delete this.
— Jeff Gold (@JeffGold81) October 27, 2020
Shannon Watts isn’t sure but doesn’t really care.
Maybe. Maybe not. I no longer give him the benefit of the doubt. https://t.co/qRz7o87OWC
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) October 27, 2020
I dislike this guy as much as the next guy but I don’t think this was what he was saying. https://t.co/84hO3gTVrT
— Ahmed Baba (@AhmedBaba_) October 27, 2020
Come on David, don’t do this BS. He’s clearly talkin bout mentally shot which he says all the time.
Don’t have to be them to beat them.
— JC on the Island (@jgcarey80) October 27, 2020
PSA: Don't jump in my mentions pissed off about my pointing this out to David. I'm NOT a Trump supporter. The man says enough vile shit that we don't have to attack him with about something he didn't say.
Please don't test me ya'll!
— Proud Texas Diva 🆘️ (@glam1diva) October 27, 2020
Here’s why it’s very clear that Trump wasn’t talking about assassination or violence. He’s said nearly the same thing before. Last week he told another rally, “They control Biden 100%. Biden is shot. You know he’s shot, right?”
🇺🇸 “They control Biden 100%. Biden is shot.”
Mispronouncing Sen. Kamala Harris's name, Trump told the crowd in Tucson that Joe Biden's VP pick and Sen. Bernie Sanders would raise taxes in Arizona pic.twitter.com/ltTUGtmTxO
— Bloomberg Quicktake (@Quicktake) October 21, 2020
He said the same thing at another rally last month. After discussing the press report about him allegedly calling U.S. military people “losers” Trump said, “Let’s face it. Joe is shot. Let’s face it. He’s shot.”
https://youtu.be/dF89JZTYeHQ?t=135
He also said it twice in this Fox & Friends interview from August:
What he meant was that Biden can’t think straight. You can of course disagree on that point but claiming this is a call for assassination is absurd and irresponsible. Let’s see if any of these folks pull the tweets down and how long it takes to get a fact check on this nonsense out of the Washington Post.